metaphysics, morality and the reversal of cause and effect

It's alarming how regularly people understand the world in metaphysical/idealist terms, rather than in materialist terms -- and how much of a difference that makes. The reason why cause and effect are reversed so much in class society is because of the notion that those who are higher up in the social strata are closer to moral perfection than those who are lower down in it. So, one is led to conclude that if anyone is going to fuck up, it is not possible that it could be the higher ups. Rather, it is the lowly mug at the bottom, doing all the harm -- the one who is "complaining" that he is being victimised.